Cloud Migration Services

One team from portfolio assessment to cutover: landing zones on AWS, Azure, or GCP, migration waves that keep systems running, and cost control after the move.
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Definition

What do cloud migration services include?

Cloud migration services move applications, data, and infrastructure from a data center or a parent company's environment to AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud. BD Emerson runs the full arc as one accountable team: discovery and portfolio assessment, a disposition decision for every workload, landing zone design, migration waves, data migration, cutover with a rehearsed rollback, and cost tuning after the move. We work most often with mid-market and PE-backed companies leaving data centers or exiting a parent's infrastructure, teams stuck partway through a stalled migration, and compliance-heavy workloads that need guardrails carried through the move.

Some systems are better rebuilt than moved. Our guide to legacy application modernization explains how we make that call during discovery.

Services

Cloud migration services we deliver

Discovery and assessment
Workload disposition
Landing zone design
Migration waves and data
Cutover and rollback
Managed migration and FinOps

Discovery and portfolio assessment

We inventory every application, database, and integration, capture dependencies, and score each workload on business value and migration effort. The output is a priced portfolio map with a wave plan attached, not a slide of intentions.

Workload disposition analysis

The 6R analysis in plain language: for each workload we recommend rehost, replatform, refactor, repurchase, retire, or retain, with the cost and risk of each path stated so the choice can be defended to a board or a lender.

Landing zone design on AWS, Azure, or GCP

Accounts, network, identity, logging, and security guardrails stand up before the first workload moves. For regulated data, controls for HIPAA, SOC 2, PCI, or CUI scope are designed into the landing zone rather than retrofitted after an audit finding.

Migration waves and data migration

Workloads move in waves sequenced by dependency and risk, starting with low-stakes systems to prove the runbook. Data migrates with validation counts and reconciliation on the other side, so nothing is declared done on faith.

Cutover and rollback planning

Every cutover has a rehearsed runbook, a negotiated maintenance window, and a tested rollback path with a named decision owner. Downtime tolerance is agreed per system before the wave is scheduled, not discovered during it.

Managed migration and post-move FinOps

For teams without spare engineers, we run the migration end to end as a managed service and stay after cutover: right-sizing against real utilization, reserved-capacity purchases, and decommissioning the old environment so the savings actually land.

Our approach

Our approach

01

Assess and decide

Discovery builds the inventory, the disposition analysis assigns each workload a path, and the business case is priced before anything moves. For most mid-market portfolios this takes three to five weeks.

02

Build the landing zone

Accounts, networking, identity, logging, and cost controls stand up first, so every workload lands in an environment that already passes security review.

03

Migrate in waves

Low-risk systems move first to prove the runbook, then the rest follow in waves sequenced by dependency. Each wave closes with validation and reconciliation, not with a status update.

04

Cut over and optimize

Rehearsed cutovers with tested rollback paths, then 30 to 90 days of right-sizing, FinOps, and decommissioning until the run rate matches the business case.

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Leaving the data center?

Talk to BD Emerson about your portfolio, your timeline, and what the move will actually cost.

Our Advantage

Why BD Emerson for cloud migration

Security and compliance built in

The firm that performs SOC 2 examinations and CMMC readiness work designs your guardrails, so regulated workloads move without spinning up a separate compliance project.

One team through cutover

The engineers who assess the portfolio run the waves and the cutover. Nothing gets handed to a delivery team that never saw the plan.

Honest disposition calls

We recommend retire and retain as often as rehost. A workload that should not move gets said plainly, with the number that proves it.

Reviews

What our customers say

Great consulting firms for scaling security, compliance, and appsec.

Outstanding partner in Technical and Cyber Due Diligence

Appsec maturity and application hardening.

BD Emerson helped us simplfiy our compliance management.

BD Emerson did such a phenomenal job. What started as privacy support quickly became a full partnership across compliance, engineering, and even business operations. They’re embedded with our team. They understand our product. They move fast. They’re simply invaluable.

Adam Ben Jacobs

CTO @ OneStep GPS

Great consulting firms for scaling security, compliance, and appsec.

Outstanding partner in Technical and Cyber Due Diligence

Appsec maturity and application hardening.

BD Emerson helped us simplfiy our compliance management.

BD Emerson did such a phenomenal job. What started as privacy support quickly became a full partnership across compliance, engineering, and even business operations. They’re embedded with our team. They understand our product. They move fast. They’re simply invaluable.

Adam Ben Jacobs

CTO @ OneStep GPS

We had a hard time finding the right company to partner with in support of our compliance journey. Some vendors sell the idea that they do the work, but then you end up doing everything. The ambiguity is what killed our last project. BD Emerson’s team has such great technical knowledge and understands the standard so well that they made us comfortable with moving fast. This has led to us closing major enterprise customers that were previously out of reach because of security and compliance.

Tom Watkins

CEO @ AMI AssetTrack

Lead an enterprise initiative to overhaul the organization's technology stack from ecommerce, corporate tech, and corporate security.

Supported ISO 42001 exercise and served as internal auditor.

Rubrik's privacy and compliance team began with the backbone of BD Emerson. BD Emerson supported building out the privacy program, GRC (ISO 27001, SOC 2, CMMC, FedRAMP), and the appsec function.

We needed a partner who could move quickly, without sacrificing precision. BD Emerson brought the expertise, structure, and speed we were looking for. Their team became an extension of ours, embedding themselves across the organization, guiding us step by step, and giving us confidence in areas we hadn’t tackled before. The internal audit they conducted was so detailed that even the external auditors called it out. Achieving ISO 27001 with zero nonconformities says everything you need to know about the quality of the partnership.

Walid Souilem

CTO @ FGI Worldwide

We had a hard time finding the right company to partner with in support of our compliance journey. Some vendors sell the idea that they do the work, but then you end up doing everything. The ambiguity is what killed our last project. BD Emerson’s team has such great technical knowledge and understands the standard so well that they made us comfortable with moving fast. This has led to us closing major enterprise customers that were previously out of reach because of security and compliance.

Tom Watkins

CEO @ AMI AssetTrack

Lead an enterprise initiative to overhaul the organization's technology stack from ecommerce, corporate tech, and corporate security.

Supported ISO 42001 exercise and served as internal auditor.

Rubrik's privacy and compliance team began with the backbone of BD Emerson. BD Emerson supported building out the privacy program, GRC (ISO 27001, SOC 2, CMMC, FedRAMP), and the appsec function.

We needed a partner who could move quickly, without sacrificing precision. BD Emerson brought the expertise, structure, and speed we were looking for. Their team became an extension of ours, embedding themselves across the organization, guiding us step by step, and giving us confidence in areas we hadn’t tackled before. The internal audit they conducted was so detailed that even the external auditors called it out. Achieving ISO 27001 with zero nonconformities says everything you need to know about the quality of the partnership.

Walid Souilem

CTO @ FGI Worldwide

BD Emerson didn’t just help us meet our compliance goals; they integrated security and privacy into the core of our operations. I highly recommend BD Emerson to anyone seeking SOC 2 or GDPR compliance, or simply looking to enhance their security team and boost customer trust in their product and services. Their dedication and expertise have been invaluable to our success.

Padraig Reilly

CEO, Boxcore

BD Emerson understood our business requirements and worked side-by-side with us. The policies and controls we developed together not only meet compliance standards but improve how we operate day to day.

Matt Meierdierks

IT Manager, Lincoln Industries

From day one, BD Emerson brought urgency, clarity, and a sharp understanding of what truly matters to our business — earning and keeping customer trust. They went beyond helping us meet compliance requirements; they helped build a foundation for secure, scalable growth. That kind of partnership is rare.

Jason Marker

CEO @ LifeLenz

BD Emerson didn’t just help us pass an audit—they helped us build a sustainable culture of security.

Alexey Indeev

CTO Spare

BD Emerson was essential in helping our company navigate the daunting process of leveling up our security infrastructure. BD Emerson’s impressive expertise and confidence throughout the process helped our team exceed HIPAA and SOC 2 Type 1 standards quickly, distilling what can be an overwhelming process into a streamlined, organized effort. From day one they began adding value and getting us on course. With their help we delivered on a massive security overhaul with both extreme efficiency and thorough attention to details. Because of BD Emerson’s support, we’ve increased our clients’ trust in Titan Intake and the life-changing work it accomplishes for those seeking specialist referrals.

Patrick Bruce

CEO, Titan Intake

BD Emerson didn’t just help us meet our compliance goals; they integrated security and privacy into the core of our operations. I highly recommend BD Emerson to anyone seeking SOC 2 or GDPR compliance, or simply looking to enhance their security team and boost customer trust in their product and services. Their dedication and expertise have been invaluable to our success.

Padraig Reilly

CEO, Boxcore

BD Emerson understood our business requirements and worked side-by-side with us. The policies and controls we developed together not only meet compliance standards but improve how we operate day to day.

Matt Meierdierks

IT Manager, Lincoln Industries

From day one, BD Emerson brought urgency, clarity, and a sharp understanding of what truly matters to our business — earning and keeping customer trust. They went beyond helping us meet compliance requirements; they helped build a foundation for secure, scalable growth. That kind of partnership is rare.

Jason Marker

CEO @ LifeLenz

BD Emerson didn’t just help us pass an audit—they helped us build a sustainable culture of security.

Alexey Indeev

CTO Spare

BD Emerson was essential in helping our company navigate the daunting process of leveling up our security infrastructure. BD Emerson’s impressive expertise and confidence throughout the process helped our team exceed HIPAA and SOC 2 Type 1 standards quickly, distilling what can be an overwhelming process into a streamlined, organized effort. From day one they began adding value and getting us on course. With their help we delivered on a massive security overhaul with both extreme efficiency and thorough attention to details. Because of BD Emerson’s support, we’ve increased our clients’ trust in Titan Intake and the life-changing work it accomplishes for those seeking specialist referrals.

Patrick Bruce

CEO, Titan Intake

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